Family Nymphalidae
(admirals, anglewings, brush-footed butterflies, checker-spots, crescent-spots, fritillaries, mourningclocks, and purples)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Protostomia (protostomes)
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  Ecdysozoa
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  Phylum Arthropoda (crustaceans, insects, spiders, and relatives)
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  Uniramia
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  Subphylum Hexapoda
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  Class Insecta (insects)
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  Subclass Pterygota (winged insects)
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  Superorder Neoptera
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  Holometabola
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  Order Lepidoptera (butterflies, butterflies and moths, and moths)
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  Suborder Macrolepidoptera
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  Superfamily Papilionoidea (butterflies)
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  Family Nymphalidae (admirals, anglewings, brush-footed butterflies, checker-spots, crescent-spots, fritillaries, mourningclocks, and purples)
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  Genus Agraulis
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  Genus Anartia
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  Subfamily Apaturinae
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  Genus Asterocampa
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  Genus Boloria
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  Genus Chlosyne
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  Genus Euphydryas
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  Genus Inachis
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  Genus Junonia
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  Genus Limenitis
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  Genus Morpho
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  Subfamily Nymphalinae
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  Genus Adelpha
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  Genus Nymphalis
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  Genus Phoebis
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  Genus Phyciodes
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  Genus Polygonia
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  Subfamily Satyrinae
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  Genus Lethe
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  Genus Megisto
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  Genus Speyeria
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  Genus Tanaecia
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  Genus Vanessa